The new academic journal to be published jointly by the IMCG and the International Peat Society (IPS) will be called Mires and Peat. It will begin publication in 2006, at http://www.mires-and-peat.net/. The articles already lined up for Volume 1 include:
- The distribution of peatland in Europe by L. Montanarella, R.J.A. Jones and R. Hiederer;
- Chemical characteristics of some peatlands in southern Poland by M. Malawska, A. Ekonomiuk and B. Wiłkomirski;
- Causes of degradation and erosion of a blanket mire in the southern Pennines, UK by D.E. Yeloff, J.C. Labadz and C.O. Hunt ; and
- Increased rate of decomposition of subsurface peat in temperate raised bogs of Sweden - are peatlands still net sinks of carbon? by Lars G. Franzén.
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Mires and Peat will be a peer-reviewed internet journal publishing high-quality research papers, short communications and review articles on all aspects of peatland science, technology and wise use, including:
- ecology, hydrology, survey, inventory, classification, functions and values of mires and peatlands;
- scientific, economic and human aspects of the management of peatlands for agriculture, forestry, nature conservation, environmental protection, peat extraction, industrial development and other purposes;
- biological, physical and chemical characteristics of peat; and
- climate change and peatlands.
As a truly “free-to-users” publication (i.e. NO subscriptions and NO publication charges), it will be immediately accessible worldwide. A particular focus will be to achieve truly international coverage, including material by authors and from countries whose work would not otherwise be accessible to the international community. It is seriously intended also to achieve a level of content and quality that will warrant classification in the ISI Thomson Master Journal List, so that Mires and Peat will have an ‘impact factor’.
If you would like to submit a paper to this exciting new peatland journal, please refer to the Instructions to Authors available on the journal’s web site or contact the Editor, Dr Olivia Bragg <o.m.bragg@dundee.ac.uk>. At this time, material from outside Europe will be especially welcome; and all who presented their work at the recent IMCG symposium in Tierra del Fuego are encouraged to prepare and submit original papers based on these contributions.
Olivia Bragg